# 𑀕𑀁𑀞𑀺
## Prakrit
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀣𑀺 (granthí). Cognate with Pali gaṇṭhi.

### Noun

𑀕𑀁𑀞𑀺 (gaṃṭhi) f or m (Devanagari गंठि, Gujarati ગંઠિ, Kannada ಗಂಠಿ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Jain Śaurasenī)
* knot, joint, bundle
** c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 351:𑀚𑀸𑀑 𑀲𑁄-𑀯𑀺 𑀯𑀺𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁄, 𑀫𑀏-𑀯𑀺 𑀳𑀲𑀺𑀊𑀡 𑀕𑀸𑀠𑀁 𑀉𑀯𑀊𑀠𑁄 𑀧𑀠𑀫𑁄𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀡𑀺𑀅𑀁𑀲𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀕𑀁𑀞𑀺𑀁 𑀯𑀺𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀁𑀢𑁄jāo so-vi vilakkho, mae-vi hasiūṇa gāḍhaṃ uvaūḍho paḍhamosariassa ṇiaṃsaṇassa gaṃṭhiṃ vimaggaṃto2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman TiekenHe was embarrassed, but I laughed and gave him a hug When he groped for the knot of my skirt and found it already undone.

#### Derived terms

* Western
** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: गंठौ (gaṇṭhau), गांठौ (gā̃ṭhau)
    Mahajani script: 𑅗𑅧𑅟𑅒 (gnṭhu)
* Central:
** Eastern Hindi:
*** Bagheli: गाँठी (gā̃ṭhī)
** Western Hindi:
*** Braj: गाठी (gāṭhī)
*** Bundeli: गाँठी (gā̃ṭhī)
* Western:
** Gujarati: ગાંઠડો (gā̃ṭhḍo)
** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: गांठड़ौ (gā̃ṭhṛau)
    Mahajani script: 𑅗𑅧𑅟𑅲𑅒 (gnṭhṛu)
** Nimadi: गाठड़ो (gāṭhṛo)
* Central:
** Western Hindi:
*** Old Hindi: गाठरी (gāṭharī)
**** Hindustani: gaṭhrī
    Hindi: गठरी
    Urdu: گَٹْھرِی (gaṭhrī)
* Northwestern:
** Sindhi: g̈aḍhiṛī
    Arabic script: ڳنڍِڙيِ
    Devanagari script: ॻढिड़ी
    Khudabadi script: 𑊽𑋋𑋡𑋊𑋢
* Western:
** Gujarati: ગાંઠડી (gā̃ṭhḍī)
** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: गांठड़ी (gā̃ṭhṛī)
    Mahajani script: 𑅗𑅧𑅟𑅲𑅑 (gnṭhṛi)
** Nimadi: गाठड़ी (gāṭhṛī)

#### Descendants

* Central:
** Eastern Hindi:
*** Chhattisgarhi: गांठ (gā̃ṭh)
** Western Hindi:
*** Old Hindi: गांठि (gā̃ṭhi)
**** Braj: गांठ (gā̃ṭh)
**** Bundeli: गांठ (gā̃ṭh), गाँठ (gā̃ṭh)
**** Hindustani: gā̃ṭh
    Hindi: गाँठ
    Urdu: گَان٘ٹْھ
***** → Garhwali: गाँठु (gā̃ṭhu), गाँठो (gā̃ṭho)
***** → Nepali: गाँठो (gā̃ṭho)
* Eastern:
** Assamese: গাঁঠি (gãthi)
** Middle Bengali: গাঁটি (gãṭi), গাঁঠি (gãṭhi)
*** Bengali: গাঁট (gãṭ)
** Bihari:
*** Bhojpuri: gā̃ṭh
    Kaithi script: 𑂏𑂰𑂀𑂘
    Devanagari script: गाँठ
*** Magahi: 𑂏𑂵𑂀𑂘 (gẽṭh)
*** Maithili: gā̃ṭh
    Devanagari script: गाँठ
    Tirhuta script: 𑒑𑒰𑒿𑒚
** Odia: ଗଣ୍ଠି (gaṇṭhi), ଗଏଁଠ୍ (gaẽṭh)
* Northern:
** Central Pahari:
*** Garhwali: गाँठ (gā̃ṭh), गाँठि (gā̃ṭhi), ग्यऽड़
** Eastern Pahari:
*** Nepali: गानु (gānu), गानो (gāno)
** Western Pahari:
*** Dogri: gaṇḍh
    Devanagari script: गंढ
    Dogra script: 𑠌𑠷𑠗
* Northwestern:
** Old Punjabi: ਗੰਠਿ (gaṇṭhi), ਗੰਢਿ (gaṇḍhi), ਗਾਠਿ (gāṭhi)
*** Punjabi: gaṇḍh
    Gurmukhi script: ਗੰਢ
    Shahmukhi script: گَنڈھ
** Saraiki:
    Devanagari script: गंढ (gaṇḍh), गन्ह (ganha), ॻंढ, ॻंढा
    Multani script: 𑊆𑊕𑊔 (gṇḍh), 𑊆𑊚𑊦 (gnh)
    Shahmukhi script: گَڈّْھ (gaḍḍh), گَنھہ (ganhh), ڳَنْڈھ (g̈anḍh), ڳَنْڈھا (g̈anḍhā)
** Sindhi: g̈aṇḍhi
    Arabic script: ڳَنڍِ
    Devanagari script: ॻंढि
    Khudabadi script: 𑊽𑋟𑋋𑋡
* Southern:
** Insular:
*** Dhivehi: ގޮށް (goṣ̊)
*** Sinhalese: ගැටය (gæṭaya)
** Marathi-Konkani:
*** Konkani:
    Devanagari script: गांठ
    Latin script: gantth
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: गांटी (gāṃṭī), गाठि (gāṭhi), गांठि (gāṃṭhi), गांठी (gāṃṭhī)
    Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘽𑘘𑘲 (gāṃṭī), 𑘐𑘰𑘙𑘲 (gāṭhī), 𑘐𑘰𑘽𑘙𑘲 (gāṃṭhī)
**** Marathi: gāṭh
    Devanagari script: गाठ
    Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘙
**** Varhadi: gāṭh
    Devanagari script: गाठ
    Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘙
* Western:
** Ahirani: गाट (gāṭ)
** Gojri: گَٹْھ (gaṭh)
** Gujarati: ગાંઠ (gā̃ṭh)
** Malvi: गाँठ (gā̃ṭh)
** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: गांठ (gā̃ṭh)
    Mahajani script: 𑅗𑅧𑅟 (gnṭh)

### References

* Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “गंठ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 282.
* Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 232
* Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 23.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “granthi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press